Shift up indicator

[paulgelineau]

My 2015 1200RT has the "shift up" indicator and I'm curious what that is predicated on.  Speed, torque, RPM or a combination of all?  I don't generally use it to tell me when to shift as after 30+ years of riding I can tell when to shift up or down.  Just a curiosity question.
Cheers,
Paul G.

[exportman]

Seems to be on RPM,  guess it about meeting the emissions regulations.

[Gavj]

On my 2020 it appears to be for economy, not sure of the parameters used but similar to my wife's car. If your light on the throttle it suggests shifting up. I switched mine off, found it distracting having an orange light / symbol appearing on the dash...... as with you, I know when to shift

[Peter Baker]

As above, pretty sure it is "economy focused" to help you get better mileage...  Peter

[Casbar]

On the KTM 1290, you can adjust it yourself, obviously it won't let you go higher than the max rpm.

[PeteM]

On my 2020 it appears to be for economy, not sure of the parameters used but similar to my wife's car. If your light on the throttle it suggests shifting up. I switched mine off, found it distracting having an orange light / symbol appearing on the dash...... as with you, I know when to shift

Mine is definitely economy/emissions based. I've turned it off as I find it annoying

[Stu]

They work in a strange way!


steadily cruising along it will tell you to go in as high a gear as possible


Giving it some stick it will tell you to hold the gears longer


I turned mine off as I found myself following its advise and the bike just felt like it was in the wrong gear all the time